Type is a college student, who shares his room with the music student Tharn and they hit it off really well. Because of a trauma from childhood Type has sworn to hate everything gay for lifetime. When he finds out that Tharn is gay, he tries his best to change his room but he can't. Eventually he grows on to like Tharn and as expected they start a relationship. This is after, Type tries to date a girl but fails when it comes to sex and realizes he is into Tharn. Their love grows over a period of time but Type is not ok to make their relationship public. Only Techno, who is Type's closest friend knows about them. Lhong, who happens to be Tharn's best friend forever also is not aware of this. Over the course multiple misunderstandings happen but the love continues to grow. The guy who was the first guy whom Tharn had sex with comes into picture, first to create misunderstandings between them, eventually making their love stronger. Things get much worse when Tharn's last ex-bf Tar comes into the picture. Tar continues to follow Tharn after a year of their breakup wanting him back. This causes further rift between Type and Tharn and they break up. We know something fishy is behind all this. And finally we get to know the secret Tar is sharing, why he is behaving the way he is, and who is the real culprit who is trying their best to break this couple apart. Eventually, Tharn and Type fix their broken relationship and finally get the ideal relationship they both wanted.
There is a lot of good in this show but a lot of weird situations too. The kind of hatred Type initially shows for Tharn and gays for general is aggravating. Of course, when we eventually find a reason behind it, you empathize better. But his character eventually grows. Type is shown as foul mouthed, who just says what he does, is unapologetic about it. Tharn on the other side is always looking for love and is soft spoken guy who loves music and for some reason is extremely attracted to Type. I will never understand why and how a openly gay man would wanna go into a relationship where the partner is always saying everything negative about gays in general. Anyway, yes Type grows over a period of time and acknowledges that he doesn't understand things as a whole but he only knows that he likes Tharn. The story of bringing in Tharn's first sexual experience guy seemed like a force filler just to bring in some conflict and to bring the two guys together. A bigger event happens when Tar comes into the picture. Every episode Tar is shown but there is an enigma around him. He has a trauma that he is dealing with and his brother has been taking care of him very closely. Tharn says that Tar broke his heart by breaking up. But we are only told later how it is Lhong all along who has been using everyone to get Tharn to like him as a lover. He apparently had even hired guys to rape a child in 10th grade (Tar) and blackmail him to breakup with Tharn and he uses Tar again to come back in Tharn's life so that he can make him break up with Type as well. The one good thing is Techno provides good fun and comic relief throughout the show. I found him slightly annoying in the first few episodes but he grew up on me eventually. He made some good funny faces and as you can expect some OTT reactions but were fun after a point. Tharn and Type make an excellent pair. Handsome, great chemistry and very much in love. With more than enough kissing scenes , and lingering moments of them looking at each other, they complemented each other very well. I have to admit that Tharn smiled way too much every time Type did anything and it started to get in my nerves but what can you do. Unlike other shows, I am happy that they did not randomly start to focus on 2-3 more couple on the side just to get the story going.
TharnType is an interesting yet complicated couple but the show had its charms. At 12 episodes of almost 50-60 minutes, it does take time to watch the whole thing. Overall it is a satisfying experience, if by now, you have become used to watching Thai BL shows, like I have. (7/10)
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I still to have to see Season 2 myself.
Am glad that eventually you got into it.
That being said, it is still my favorite show ever. My first BL is like my first love, it will always have this special place in my heart.
For the first "have sex with me", I didn't see it that way back then but Gerald I thing you're probably right. Thank you, you just gave me an excuse to watch the show again (yes i'm totally addicted to it, the leads are just too handsome and incredible together XD).
Totally addicted you said ? That makes two of us !
One thing that drags me to rewatch this series is Type being a human cat. Anyone who has lived with a cat has been through the same situations - came home to find the place completely trashed, tried their hardest to offer the furry god(dess) something pleasant to eat and failed miserably most of the times, had claw marks on their body because the furry god(dess) decided to prove a point etc. And then the selfsame cat curls up next to you, comes to comfort you when you're sick or sad and most importantly - stands up furiously for you when someone plans to harm you. Yes, cats are assholes - and we love them :D
Type showing Tharn what a person Lhong really is and what's he up to this time is 200% feline. My own first cat did that with a few people and I'm forever thankful for her... sacrifice. She got cursed and scolded by my narc ex when he found her sleeping in the sleeve of his jacket - but I got the message. A man is as big as the smallest thing that drives him berserk. A cat in the sleeve, really, P?! Some cat hairs have never hurt anyone, chrissake. She got some serious injuries (probably from a fight) when my relatives didn't bother to wait for her in our country home and they just left her outside. They were by car, they didn't have to catch a once-a-day bus. They should have waited for her. I've never been so furious in my life and I cursed the whole family with all I had. And wrote them out of my life. One of the last things she did was eating fish from the palm of "my" empath. She never ate from a human's palm so I was totally stunned watching that :D When I came back from my trip to Spain, the empath just came to help with the suitcase, but the cat ran to him instead of me - the way she was circling the perfect eternity signs around his feet while holding my gaze - I got the message. 22 years later: she was right.
So I was reliving those moments when Type executed his plan and luckily had some helpful friends while trying to help Tharn see the Lhong-situation for what it was. Seriously, I was waiting for Type to purr or meow or hiss like a cat, the feline vibe he had was so genuine :D Especially when Tharn touched his belly sometimes and had such a victorious expression on his face - that's a cat owner alright. Most cats don't like that and such gesture will end with serious claw marks. Oh, Type did hiss once, at the breakfast table in the cafeteria :D
My favorite scene was probably in the last episode when Type apologizes for "leaving" Tharn. The way he says "Listen carefully. Only saying this once. Not repeating. I love you... you asshole, Tharn," it's SO feline :) Tharn crying after that was not written in the script, it's Mew crying and Gulf comforting him. Lovely they kept it in the final version.
There were so many nice details, like Thanya playing a tune on the piano that sounds very much like one Estonian children's song. Or Tharn wearing a Guns n'Roses T-shirt. Or the bickering of Type and Techno (and the way their soccer shirts always matched). Addicts - got room for one more :D ?